Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118847144RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,810,875) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $220K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The centre was created to provide support and assistance to high-need spanish-speaking refugees arriving in from latin american countries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $554K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $559K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $471K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $294K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $256K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $220K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marcela Aranda (secretary); Valentina Latorre (director); Fabiana Montoya (president); John Navarette (vice president); Julio Vergara (director); Renatto Soldi (treasurer); Javier Solis (director); Veronica Marson (director); Monica Navascues (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118847144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.